Hamburg is gearing up to host the 2021 National Cycling Congress next April with the German Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure. International experts specializing in planning, representatives of science, business, politics, clubs and associations are expected at the congress to discuss...

Stadtreinigung Hamburg (SRH) has launched tests of a fully electric digger at its recycling yard in Liebigstraße. The prototype by Atlas GmbH weighs 21 tonnes and is the first battery-powered, zero-emission digger. The purchase was sponsored by the German Ministry of Transport and Digital...

The Hamburg Electric Autonomous Transportation (HEAT) research and development project has entered the second phase with tests of the five-metre-long, zero-emission e-bus at speeds of up to 25 km/h. Passengers will be allowed on board from late summer unlike the first phase when only a vehicle...

The Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) Container Terminal Altenwerder has significantly reduced its climate-damaging carbon emissions, a press release said Wednesday (June 24, 2020). TÜV Nord has reconfirmed its climate neutrality rating making CTA the world's only container terminal of this...

Hapag-Lloyd's cruise ship Europa 2 can avail of the onshore power plant operated by the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) at the Cruise Centre Altona and get emission-free power on-board, a press release said Tuesday (June 23, 2020). The service provider DNV GL certified the ship for regular use of...

North Germany is setting the course for hydrogen to become an energy carrier of the future after the states of Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Bremen agreed last autumn to establish it as a pillar of the energy transition. The strategy hinges on...